This paper raises concerns regarding assumptions made in social scientist about the validity of universal claims made supported by samples limited to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. The authors observe that many claims from social sciences like psychology are often supported by small studies performed on undergraduates or convenient populations. They present [Read more…]
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Geometry of the Mandala
This article examines the mandala and its geometry as a psychic phenomenon through a Jungian lens. It presented a review of mandala and geometry from a psychological perspective beginning with the golden section and Euclidean geometry. The article related active imagination, geometry, and metaphysics through the mandala. The author offered his own inner experience in [Read more…]
Communication among interstellar intelligent species
This book chapter presented an inquiry into cognitive models within an academic press edited book focused on communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. The book presented three major themes: advances in the physical sciences related to SETI, consideration of implications of communication with ET, and an inquiry regarding messaging with ET. The authors examined the topic of [Read more…]
From lucid dreaming to pure consciousness: a conceptual framework for the OBE, UFO abduction, and NDE experiences
This paper compares the phenomenon of OBE, UFO abductions, and NDEs. Gackenbach observed the similarity of the phenomena and related them to REM dreaming and lucid dreaming. She argues that these phenomena are misattributions reality. Basically, the hypothesis suggests that abductees have a lucid dream of abduction, but don’t realize they’re in a lucid dream, [Read more…]
Geometrical intuition and the learning and teaching of geometry
This paper focuses on geometric intuition and mathematic education. Geometric reasoning is based in intuition and imagination. One must be able to visualize geometric figures and imagine their manipulation in order to perform geometric reasoning. The authors point out that geometric intuition can be intentionally nurtured through a series of tasks. Often students will feel [Read more…]
The primordial mandalas of East and West: Jungian and Tibetan Buddhist approaches to healing and transformation
This paper provides a cross-cultural review of mandalas, which are circular figures used in psycho-spiritual practices like mediation or imagination. The mandala bridges is both an archetype of the self and a fundamental object in constructive geometry, which may bridge the objective and subjective phases of consciousness. Both Western and Eastern use of the mandala [Read more…]
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